The Sun. — London, England, 1808-07-20 00:00:00

'MAILS. Aa Dublin, i VVaterford. Duz-3 Gottenburgh, z Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS 1.4.4 Y AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 70*1 Red. Ana. 69 I Ornaium - 3 Cons 'As - THE SIJNt 11CiLEM QUIS DICE R-11 FALSUM AUDEAT 0-ND 0 .N, WEpNESDAYi JULY 20, 1308. ApL the accounts froni Spain and Portugal strong- •ly . tnd to animate the friends of mankind in their hopes of seeing an end ,to the tyranny of France, or rather of her ferocious Ruler. We 'yesterday had tlw pleasure of presenting to the Public the, sub stance of the intelligence which Government had received before THE SUN was put to press; but we have the gratification of finding that subsequent in formation arrived, tending to confiini our hopes of a speedy as well as prosperous issue .to the glorious contest in which those CoUntries have engaged. The following Bulletin was issued yesterday, but it reached us too late for us to avail ourselves of it " Foreign Oflieq, Tuesday, 3 o'Clack. " Mr. WEST has just arrived from Corunna, ac " companied by Signior FERMIN VIARRO. They left Corunna on the 9th of July, when an OFFI^ " ciAL ACCOUNT had arrived there of the DEFEAT " .01 GENERAL LEFEVRE, Irk GENERAL, PALAFOX, on' the 25th of June, two leagues " from, Saragossa The force under the French " General consisted of EIGHT THOUSAND " MEN, who, after a SEVERE ACTION of several ": hour . SURRENDERED to the SPANISH GE- N AL. The impetuosity of the peasantry, " however, was such, that they afterwards rushed " on, and with their arms= Liana (knives and " swords) put every Frenchman to death. • " The Portuguese are said to be marching with 4 numerous army to 'attack General JuNow.". Intelligence was yesterday. also received by. the Ilepties, ....announcing that, the yrench At aky, under General DurotiT, which had left Cor dnva; bad been. attacked, . and defeated. The attack ,was .made between Ardatnis and Montiro, and was as decisive as the frienids of the heroic Spaniards „cad Wish. The dispatches which' Go vQl ament received from General SPENCER, yester- were brought by , Sir JOHN -SMITH, whp left cat•iz on the 6th inst. but as no authentic account of the defeat of DUPONT had reached that place (41Y, when he came away, his information was not deemed important enough fOr an official communication on the part of Ministers. The want of provisions, it is - said, had chiefly incinted Durotcr to 'evacuate Cordova, and rendered it necessary for him to retire to wards the. Sierra. Morena. So• great was this want, iliat he deemed it expedient to order his Army to march in detachments, with the hope that he should • have a better chance of obtaining'provisions ; but he thereby exposed himself to the .attack of the Spa niards, who had.the prudence to avoid a general en ;,:lelnent, but seized every opportunity of harass ing his Troops,-and at length finally triumphed over thein. The intelligence . from Portugal is of the same 'cheo.riii:7 kind, and promtses a decisive result in sapport of its Inuepet;dence. This intelligence was brou , , , lit by Ca . pt.: FRA:•CISCO GONZALVEZ DE cO5-. T:t t , in a Portuguese scliooner, named.the Angelica. 3.; Sailed from Oporto on the 11th instaot, a;ld J lie,Dis-patches were from the Supreme Junta of that place, addressed to. the . Portuguese Ambassador in this Capital. They were accompanied by tAyo De pu4s.frbm that body.' We are rejoiced to find that ihe Piovisit.inal Government is organized, 'and that ore. of the first of- its aas is to propose a renewal of ev; - y-amicable connection between that Country and Great Britlin, as Well asa Treaty of . Commerce. In order to prevent the People from being deceived l - ay' rumours, the Provisional Government have esta aliea a Gizette, in which tall its own measures are to he recorded, as well as every. event which may Ipppen that relates to the national welfare. ,• • • To prose its .attachment to the former Govern men:, and its respe.4 for the Prince Regent, the Governor appointed by himself,, when he was ob iged to leave the Kingdom, is - restored to that au= thority of which he was /deprived by the French. Tue. l'reuLlt troops under General LOISON, amonnt ipg to ab!futAntio, had proceeded from Al moida to Arnaratire, had fallen back to Pei() da Re god, whcre they ,vere greater : danger, as the ei &COO enemies of the French; and 411e(1 to this Country. • His farther re c ,13 op posect : - by -mountains and Precipices, a 3 \sell as by the.. determined spirit of the • peo ple who -assailed him in every direaion. . Hence be had otkred to surrender, tp -a regular military force, as capitulation with a mob would be unworti%y of: a soldier. His oft • er had been accepted, to pre vent d e useless etrusio:i of blood, an'd Geoutal BER- R DINS, FittERE, who now COLpIIWUS• the Patriotic Army in the North , of Portugal, bad proceeded to t . accept the capitulation. General FRIERE is : a man of great military talents and experience. LABoanE, who as at the head of the detaChment ordered to I destroy all the Portuguese in Lisbon who %vete disposed to support the Old Government, when the French first arrived there, was the particu lar obje& of popular vengeance. • He had a com mand in LthsoN's army, and it was thought that he would be demanded as a victim of justice. Colonel BaowN, from this Country, had reached Oporto with offers from the . British Government in support of ,the independence of Portugal. These offers were received with eagerness and gratitude, and they have requested a supply of arms, ammuni tion, and money. The patriotic enthusiasm of the Portuguese emulated that of Spain, and the peo ple from all quarters were flocking to the National Standards, and wreaking their vengeance on the French. Cockades, with suitable inscriptions, are worn by every body, even including .women and children. There was found in the house of JOSEPII DE Sou MEL 4 0, 200,0001. a part of the contrihntiOns which had been exacted by the French in Oporto, 'and which was Of course reserved for the service of the Country, as well as other enormou3 stuns which had been discovered in other• houses, that had been collected in the same manner. Five hundred Frenchmen, it is said, have been'killed at St. Ifbe's and many more in other places. The . French, in conjun&ion with some , domestic traitors, had de vised a plot for the destruction of Oporto,. but 'it Was happily deteaed. in - time, and the authors will be consigned to the punishment they deserve. — Even the Monks had enrolled among the patriotic troops,' and manifested. the same noble zeal as the rest of their countrymen. They had been *entrusted with the charge of the French Prisoners. The situ ation of.TtrtcoT was more critical than ever,• and un less the French, by a timely surrender, endeavour to soften the feelings of the Portuguese, not a man will be left to tell the_ hiStory of their punishment in the Country which they have so much oppressed. NAV.A 1, NEW S. Ftottt the LONDON GAZETTE, ,74y 19; 134,-:-.,7c. Admiralty-Office, July ig, 1808. ' Extra& ff a Letter frog Vice Admiral Lord Calling wood, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Slaps and Vessels in the itlediterranean, to the I:innoura tie -IV W Pole, dated Ocean; off Cadiz, Jiine 21, 1808. I inclose, to be laid before the Lords Commis sioners of the. Admiralty, the Copy of a Letter which I have received from Captain Campbell, of his Majesty's Ship the Unite, giving an account of his having eapturect, on the 2d ult, the Italian Brig of War El Ronco, of sixteen. 32-pounder carton ades, with a complement of one hundred men. ' I also forward an Extra& of a Letter from Captain Bligh, of the Pylades, stating his having captured, on the same day, the French Privateer Settee Le Grand Napoleon, pierced for ten guns, but only four mounted, With a complement of thirty-eight men. His Majesty's Ship Unitg, Cape Promon tore S.E. 7 or 8 Miles, Mail 2, .1808. / 4 4. Y LORD, I have the pleasure. to acquaint your Lord Ship of my having captured this morning at day-break . , the Italian Brig II Ronco, of. sixteen 3.e-pounder brass carronades (pierced for 8), and one hundred men, after receiving several of her broadsides, .which cut our sails and rigging a good deal. She had scarce ly hauled her colours down, when, Nfe observed a Frigate and Schooner to windward; it being about North and very light, though chace was instantly given, they .effeeted their escape into Pola. when . we had got within two•gun shot of them. The alacrity and zeal shewn by my officers and ship's company on this occasion, deserve the great est praise. II Ronco is only two months 'off the• stocks, measures about 400 tons, extremely 'well found, and, in my opinion, very fit for his Majesty's service. _ I the honour to be, &c. PAT. CAMPBELL. Right lion. Lord Collingwood, egc. Extras of a Letter from Captain Bligh, of his Ma,- jest Y's Sloop Pylades, dated at Sea, May 3, 1808, to Vice-;Admiral Lord Collingwood. I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that yesterday his Majesty's Sloop ,under rny. Command, stretching over to Cape Bon, with a fresh breeze from the N.E. at ten A.M. saw a Settee corning down before the wind for the purpose of reconnoi- • tering .us ; when perceiving what we were, irnme. diateiy hauled her wind on the starboard tack, and after a chace of five boors in the wind's eye, came tip with and captured her. She proves to be the Le. Grand Napoleon Privateer, commanded by Jacques. Boniface Morrier, pierced for ten guns, but only four' mounted, one of which thrown uverbOard during the chace, with a complement of thirty-eight men. She was thirteen days front Marseilles, had taken nothing, nearly new, and equipped for atwq Inonths' cruize., I also had the pleasure to capture on.the 26th ult. Le St. Honore, a French 'Tartan, from Porto •Ticho,in Corsica, bound to Tripoli. She had in 700 musket-barrels and locks for ditto.. . (Signed) . G. M.'BLIGI-1. ,Doubts have been expressed, in some of the public Papers, respeaing the destination of the Ex pedition under Sir A. WELLESLEY, and it has been inferred :that he 'was not goifig to the Tagus, from the circumstance of the Transports being ordered to rendezvbus at Tangier, in case of separation. tiVa cap now without any - impropriety remove alrdoubts, upon that subject. • The destination of that Ex-. pedition, in the first instance, is the Tagus, and as Sir ARTHUR sailed on the 12th with a fair wind, there ,is every reason to believe that by this time he has arrived there and we entertain the most sanguine expeaations that we shall very shortly hear that that gallant General, with the as.istanee of .he Patriots of Portugal, has compelled General J:UNOT to surrender. FALMOUTH, JULY 17 —ArriVed the Portuguese Schooner Angelica from 'Oporto, in seven days, and landed a Lieutenant in the Portuguese Navy, who set off express for London, with Dispatches from the Supreme Council at Oporto. It appears that all the town's, Lisbon excepted, have completely got rid of the French—the whole of which are either destroy ed or made prisoners. Above 4000 have been mur dered at St. Ajbe's by the Spaniards and Portuguese. JUNOT has been fortifying the hills about and Teas with him about 8000 men; but is shortly ex pe&ed to surrender. About forty regiments of Ca valry, with 16,000 Infantry, and populace to the number of 50,000,. have marched for Lisbon. The Priests are all cockaded, and mount guard regularly. Sailed the'Townshend Packet, Captain Com, with Mails for Corunna. r is said that BUONAPARTE, in answer to the late representation of the American Government, lias de clared that he will rescind his Decrees against Neu- • tral Commerce if Great Britain will rescind her Or ders in Council. We are not able to state with pre cision whether he has actually made such a proposi tion, but We Imotv that a report to that effel has wi; hin these few days been circulated' in France apd Hoi land. It is probable, indeed, that BuoNAP.ArtTs may, in his present embarrassed situation, deem it prudent to effect something like attention to the wishes of the unfortunate Nations over which he tyrannizes, and finding the discontent which his conduct +las excited so general, he may think it right to desist, for a time at leasr, from those eflhrts against the Commerce of this Country, which have .produced such distress on the Continent. • Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Au- GUSTA, SOPHIA, 'and AMELIA, accompanied by Lords RIVERS and. WALSINGHAM, Generals MAN NINGI4M and CARTWRIGHT, Colonel ThYLOR, and Lady ELY, rode on horseback in Windsor Park. Oii il.rlday the-Duke and llubhoss of Tofu hid 4 select party to dintiOat Oatlands. • Monday, soon after twelve o'clock, the Duke of YohK arrived at York House, St. James's, from oatlands soon after, which his Royal Highness 'gave an audience to the Earl of CHATHAM. . A Rai v Azs.- American llip Diana, Noble, from Valen. , tia ; o day s; Ditto Olympus, Smith, from Tarragoun, 43 days; Hope, Orchard, from Liverpool, for Malta ; Ches terfild, Robinson, from Ditto, for Ditto ; Ann. Artis, front London, tor Ditto ; - Lancaster, Turnbull, from Liverpool, for the' Brazils ; Amy, Hutchins, from Madeira ; Hazard, Rutherford, from Malta, for Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, JULY 18.—Arrived, the Reward, TURNER, SUl)ply, JEPPEItSON, Apollo, CHAPMAN, Ann, WRIGHT, and Eagle, ROBERTS (Transports)- , from Malta, Messina,' and Gibraltar—left Gibraltar the 19th June, under convoy of the Hydra Frigate, n company with 100 Sail. I The Hydra is gone up Channel. • Arrived His Majesty's Ship Champion from a cruize ; Growfrr Gun -brig from off Bourdeaux ; and Snapper Schooner froM the Channel Fleet ; 4merican Brig Juno ? ' EDWARDS, from Barcelona ; .A/go, ALLEN, from Oporto ; and Fame, WLLLIAMS, from Gibraltar, with wine. The Princess of WALES and Duchess of BRUNS -1.7;c1i dined with their MAJESTIES and PRINCESSES at four o'clock on Monday, at Windsor. At six o'clock the Royal Party set'.off in her Majesty's ba— rotiche and four, and went to Frogrnore, and walked , in those beautiful gardens; afterwards went to the 4 Princess ELIZABETH'S Cottage at Old Windsor, and PORTSNIOUTH, JULY' t9.--Arrived the Iydra Fri partook of tea. At eight o'clock the Princess of Captain ,„ . and 1 - 1;1; # te .I.%;.LyNDAY 3 .,,,,, T .,e7e, Store-ship, WALES and Duchess of BiaJNSWICK, set Off on their , Captain., • r..t.'UßNElt, With a convoy from the Medi return to London. . terianean. The army of 5400 men, now embarking in Kent, •---1--- • Will meet the 10,000 - men now under Sir JOEIN I, TN JUL Y 19 'Ari ' d His Majesly's Ships EAt .. .1 - “. MootE at Spithead, and is to be joined by time Trotapeuse and' Chfillenge7- from a cruize ; the latter 12,000 men under Major-General Sir ARTuutt 'has brought in. with her a large French Privateer, WEY,:LESLEY. The Embarkation t.-itarnsgate-,.*C., which she cut out from under the French Land yes continues briskly ; tv , , , 0 brigades of Aritlleyy, are terday morning. .. ettlba.rktng at Portsmouth, and the blst Regiment i , --- 7 . . . hourly te.xpetted•there. • • E SHERNESS, JULY 1 .--Arrived the Aggressor At the .Gencral Quarter Ses' , ions for the Cotinly, (ion-brig from the North Sea. -- i of Devon a noi , e4 bill of incliCtment w:is preferred Sailed the Deptford Tender, Lieut. ANTR A M. against, a widow, charging her with being a Several West India and other :Merchant' Vessels COMMON SCOLD' WiLiCII was returned as a true. 1,411. are: passing for the 11e or, The Ifindoslan, stated' to have arrived here yes terday, prove 4 to be the Mediator, of 44 guns.—She brings no particular intelligence. SP.-INISH PAPERS. PROCLAMATION. ttHE GENERAL OF SARAGOSSA TO THE ARAZONESE. " CONVJERORS OF Ta E HAUGHTY FRENCH!' , " ARAGONESE !—You have prove.: yourselves to be worthy of your name. That multitude of proud warriors, triumphant in every other part of Europe, ceased to retain the charaoler of conquerors when they came before you. You are interior both io discipline and numbers; because one-twentieth part of our forces have not entered into aelion, having been incapable of uniting. But your zeal has over come every difficulty. The musketry in which your enemies place so much confidence, are weak . instruments of their power when you appear before thern: .you look at them with courage, and they fall' of your feet. " Aragonese ! the result of our first attempt has been to leave on the field of battle 18.000 enemies, composing 'a complete army, which had the audacity to provoke our resentment; We have bad the good fortune to get possession of all the property and baggage of which the people have been infamous ly plundered in the countries through which this army passed. Our loss consists only of from' 1700 to 51.000 killed, and an equal number wounded : * loss bearing no comparison to the triumph we have obtained. Their precious blood is shed is the field of glory, on their own territory; and these blessed martyrs demand new victims.; let us' pre pare for the sacrifice. Aragonese ! be not impa _tient. The enemy against whom we fight is rash, and will afford frequent opportunities for you to e' ercise your skill and your courage. It, especially , the lawless bands which violate our city of Madrid, and their Commander MUAAT, should venture W approach us, we should receive the intellig:fnce with the highest satisfaction; we would anticipate their expetations, and meet them halt way. "-Aragonese ! if the battle of SaragOssa had been gained by these intruders, we shotoci ha v e heard their babbling of the vi6tories of Marengo, A.uster. Utz; and Jena,' acquired by the same valour. though' the conquest we have effeCled has been sanguinary, yet it has been glorious. Do YO. consider it as a trifling commencement of yotlr 1 11 ' turo triumphs, under the powerful assistance of yOO illustrious Leader and Patron., Elead-quarters at Saragossa, 17th of tune, tSOB." " P4LAFOX.' BENEVENTO, JULY I.—Last night a General re, ceived a dispatch from Portugal by the pOst, Iron' which we learn that General jUNOT continued gi u/ up in' the Castle. . BENEVENTO, JLII,Y 4.—Wb also learn from 1 ,1 " bon,.that Marshal MoNcEY is a prisoner, w ith 1' whole army, after having been driven, betW&' l three tires from the troops of Echavarria, V4.lenti 67 and Murcia, near Montilla del Paiancar, bey° 4 Itequen4. It is also added, that the Doke of Berg has taken flight from Madrid ; and scale say, tha t , having been taken ill, he was detained at Aran ° del DUero, ORDER OF THE SUPRENIE JUNTA OF 13ADO /5- POR . UNNA, JULY respettable persoP Of this city receiyed a letter yesterday, by the post, writ te ll by . a Priest to his brother, to the following effect It is notorious that MPRAT, appriicci that in rious places they opened the fnails, and killed oe persons who favour the French interest, has a du P t the infamous plan of writing to the 111,igisti al elected by the' people, a }Utter to the toilow'ing por port : " Sir, I observe what. you w rit e m e, and on 511- ,a day will arrive in your neighbourhood, with o ' l number of French troops you desire, in order to strain the Revolutionists." • Such are the contents ; and the .dbjed is, 0 111' festly, that when the letters are opened, tros°llai~rl may be-attributed to the new Conumanders , thus their death may be occasioned, and tine of the Patriots be left without leaders. This expedient, Which has been detected, 'y g e a somes idea of the precaution necessary to — avoid ' II .. consequenee of the perfidy of MuRAr and 111 , agents, who are endeavouring to spread dicord air ire ' confusion among the peo; le in eve r y possible Lie Lion. If union and good order be not preserved , shall never accomplish the purpose we have in V il " Which is to defend our- religion, our country , it al our beloved Sovereign, FERDINAND VIL Bk vv e d and, loyal ; respeal the lagstidtes and COnstito(:) Authorities, forget private resentments, 'and 'all be attained; .13acijos, 21st lune; 18.3. ---, c if . ' LEON, JUNE 28.—A1l the letters that we ,re C- 0 froni Astorga, Villafratica, and the distria of I'' e34 speak of, the arrival and progress of the tr(opi W d come from GattLia, and mention the e!, posi')d which prevails among the Commanders ~0k: ° , c , in favour of the great cause ch 6 y have un-, it,'l'-010 defend. Don Jost , :rn M ARIA •DI:.PR ADu canll2ll'tv Cornnua to 13,ivr7.,U, 4) WitIlSS the march at. !